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package org.objectweb.asm.benchmarks;

/**
 * A factory of in-memory Java class file models.
 *
 * @author Eric Bruneton
 */
public interface Factory {

  /**
   * Returns the version of this factory.
   *
   * @return the version of this factory.
   */
  String getVersion();

  /**
   * Returns a "high level" representation of the given class.
   *
   * @param classFile a JVMS ClassFile structure
   * @return a "high level" representation of the given class.
   */
  Object newClass(final byte[] classFile);

  /**
   * Returns a tree structure representation of the given class.
   *
   * @param classFile a JVMS ClassFile structure
   * @return a tree structure representation of the given class.
   */
  Object newClassNode(final byte[] classFile);
}
